Machine for printing price cards, tickets, labels, tags, and the like



May 13 19240 H. DEUTSCH MACHINE FOR PRINTING PRICE CARDS, TICKETS,LABELS; TAGSQAND THE LIKE s Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Oct. 8 1921 lll'lllll1921 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 H. DEUTSCH Filed Oct. 28

INVENTOR 1%- QWW 'May 13, 1924 MACHINE FOR PRINTING PRICE CARDS,TICKETS, LABELS, mes, AND THE LIKE May 13, 1924. l 493,8l0

H. DEUTSCH I MACHINE FOR PRINTING PRICE CARDS, TICKETS, LAB ELS, TAGS,AND THE LIKE Filed ed. 38,

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, aNvENTcJ f Patented i3,

HERIEANN DE'U'JZSGH. OF GROSS-LICH'IEBFELDE, NEAR BERLIN, GERMANY,ASSIGNOR TO PRINTATQR G. M. B. 11., 0F BERLIN, GEBMIANY.

MACHINE son. rnrn'rinernion omens, TICKETS, LABELS, TAGS, AND TI-IELIKE.

Application filed October as, 1921. Serial No. 511,109.

Ton-ll whom it may concern Be it known that I HERMANN Dnn'rsorr,residing at No. 1.1 Marienplatz, Gross-Lichterfelde, near Berlin,Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machinesfor Printing Price Cards, Tickets, Labels, Tags, and the like, of whichthe following is a specification. I

The present invention relates in general to machines for printing pricecards, tickets, tags, information and visiting cards and the like asdescribed in the United States Patent No. 1,115,380. The inventionrelates more particularly to improvementsin such machines which enableimpressions to be printed on price cards, tickets, etc, in two or morecolors without diminishing the speed of operation of the machine. Animportant feature of the invention consists in an ink ing gear with twoor more collateral ink feeding and distributing devices and plurality ofcollateral inking rollers arranged in a common movable frame and adaptedto impart ink in' strip es of differentcolors to the stereotype printingplate or clich.

Another important feature of a machine constructed in accordance withthe invention resides in the provision of spring inkspreading plates forspreading the ink fed from the ink reservoir and of ink-spreadingrollers that are made to travel over the said plates and to impart theink to the inking plates or disks from which the inking rollers receivethe ink A further feature of the machine according to the invention mayconsist in the fact that the outlets through which the inkis fed fromthe ink reservoir, instead of leading straight to the bottom surface ofthe ink-spreading plate, are arranged to pass .into a chamber of smallcapacity that extends across almost the entire breadth of the said plateand that is connected to the bottom surface of this plate by a narrowtransverse slot. By this means the ink that leaves the reservoir isimmediately caused to spread over the entire operating breadth of theink-spreading plate so that the inkspreading or ink-conveying rollersthat travel along the bottom surface of this plate have ink fed ontothem through the slot along their entire lengths so, that the .ink isalready distributed evenly over their peripheries before'they convey ortransfer it to the inking disks. By this means the operation oftransferring the ink to the inking disks is greatly improved. a, Aconstructional form of a machine 'equippedwith an inking gear accordingto the invention is' illustrated in the drawing in which v 1 isavertical longitudinal section on the line T l of Fig. 2,

Fig. 2is a. ground plan of the inking gear in its normal position,-

Fig. 3 is a similar view to Fig. 2 except that the ink rollers are shownin the position they occupy at the end of an ink-conveying operation.Fig. 4 is a partial longitudinal vertical section of an inking gearcorresponding to Fig. 1 but with a modified ink feeding de vice, V

Fig. v5 is a bottom plan view and Fig. 6 asectional partial top planview of Fig. 4 taken on the line VIVI of Fig. 4..

The inking gear shown in Figs. 1 to 3 com prises a bed a. in which aframe 0 is arranged to be reciprocated by a suitable driving member 6.As the. inking gear is intended to impart two different colored inks tothe printing plate, two collateral pairs of inking rollers d. 01"arejournalled in the frame c. "In addition to the inking rollers 03, dthe frame 0 carries two ink-spreading and ink-conveying rollers e, 6. Atone end of the frame there is a transverse beam f and pivotally attachedto this .beam is a ratchet stepping finger 9 adapted to. step round theinking disks h, h as will be hereinaftermore fully described. "Thehorizontal inking disks h are arranged in the bed a of the machine'soiasto lie in the path of the rollers 23 and all, and e and d, and theirheight may be altered between certain limits by set screws 2', wherebythe pressure exerted on them by the rollers 03, d ande, emay beregulated. .Each of the inking disks h, h has a ratchet wheel k, 7:associated with it, these wheels cooperating, with 'pawls Z, Z beingpivoted to a transversely displaceable stepping bar we and held inengagement with the ratchet wheels is, 7c by springs p. The stepping barwe is subjected to the pull of a springwhich draws the bar in thedirection of the arrow 0, Fig. 3. Projecting from the stepping bar m isan arm Q from which a tappet 1" protrudes that cooperates with theratchet stepping member or finger g.

Loosely attached to the cover plate 8 of the inking gear and in the pathof the top sides of the rollers e, e are two rectangular ink-spreadingplates 25 and t respectively whose ends are pressed downward by leafsprings a which are also attached to the cover plat 8. The inkreservoirs v, '0 which are constructed in any suitable manner and filledwith inks of different colors, have mouths that pass through theinkspreading plates t, t.

The mode of operation of the illustrated inking gear is as follows:

lVhen the machine is at rest the parts of the inking gear are in theposition shown in Fig. 1 and a drop of liquid ink will be formed at thepoint of exit of the mouth of each ink reservoir '22, o. On the frame 0now being moved in the direction of the arrow 10 from the position shownin Fig. 2 into the position illustrated in Fig. 2 the drops of inkemerging from the reservoirs 0;, 41 will be spread over the bottomsurfaces of the ink-spreading plates 6, t by the rollers e, e which,after spreading the ink over the plates t, t and over themselves,transfer it to the inking disks h, h when they are advanced so as toroll along the surfaces of the said disks. As separate springs u areprovided at both ends of the plates t, t, the pressure between theseplates and the rollers e, e at the first and last moments of contactbetween the rollers and plates will be smaller than when the rollers areintermediate between the ends of the said plates. This is conducive of asatisfactory inking of the rollers e, 6'. While the ink-convey,- ingrollers e, c convey new ink to the inking plates h, h the inking rollersd, d transfer the differently colored printing inks from the disks h, hto the stereotype'plate m which is arranged in the printing head of themachine and which. thus receives the ink in two stripes of differentcolors. Each time the frame 0 is advanced, a slight rotary motion isimparted to the inking disks 71. h by the stepping pawls Z that engagewith the ratchet wheels, the stepping pawls being moved in a transversedirection along with the beam m which has transverse motion imparted toit by the finger whose one lateral edge brushes against the tappet 'randthus moves it in the direction of the arrow 7 Fig. 2. l/Vhen theframe chas reached the end of its advance stroke as indicated in Fig. 3,it is moved back to its normal position (Figsl and 2) by thedriving'rnember Z) and this results in the ratchet stepping bar m beingmoved in the direction of the arrow 0 by the spring a and it is thusrestored to its initial positionwithout the pawls Z, Z imparting areversed rotary movement to the inking disks as the said pawls thenglide over the teeth of the ratchet wheels /c, is. At each printingoperation executed by the stereotype plate inked in the abovedescribedmanner by the novel inking gear, an impression with two adjacentdifferently colored portions is produced on the paper surface printedon. Now since the paper band on which the impressions are made inshifted through a distance of one half of the width of the stereotypeplate in the direction of the arrow .2 at each stroke of the machine,printed tickets are produced which are half as wide as the stereotypeplate and bear two-colored impressions.

In the modified ink feed device shown in Figs. 4 to 6 and also indicatedin Figs. 1 and 2 the eXitsS from the cylindrical ink reserv ir, which isprovided with a piston 2, do not lead directly to the bottom surface ofthe ink-spreading plate 15, but into a long narrow chamber 7 ofrectangular cross section formed in the base 5 of the reservoir.Inserted in the narrow chamber 7 is a bar 6 which is almost as wide asthe chamber itself and whose top surface is bevelled as shown in Fig. 4.A hollow space or chamber of triangular cross section is thus formed inthe base 5 and this chamber is connected by a transverse slot 4 to thelower surface of the ink spreading plate 25. It will be obviousthat theink discharged from the ink reservoir 1) will first fill the entirechamber of triangular cross section and then emerge gradually throughthe slot 4 that extends across the whole operating breadth of theink-spreading plate. Hence when the ink-conveying rollers reciprocat theink will be immediately spread over the entire surface; of the plate tand it will thus be evenly distributed over the entire cylindricalsurface of the said rollers (Z.

I claim 1. In amachine for printing price cards, tickets, labels, tagsand the like, an ink reservoir, an ink feeding device, an ink spreadinglltl roller, an inking plate, a ratchet wheel associated with saidinking plate. a pawl adapted to engage said ratchet wheel, a carrier forsaidpawl, a tappet on said pawl carrier, an ink transferring roller. aprinting plate, a guide way along which a paper band is moved beneathsaid printing plate. a reciprocating carrier for said ink spreading andink transferring rollers, and a tappet shifting member on said.reciprocating carrier whereby said pawl carrier is moved relative tosaid reciprocating carrier and the inking plate rotated.

2. In a machine for printing price cards. tickets, labels, tags and thelike. a plurality of ink reservoirs, collateral ink feeding devices, anink spreading roller, collateral inking plates, ratchet wheelsassociated with saidinking plates, pawls adapted to engage said ratchetwheels, a common carrier for said pawls, a'tappet on said pawl carrier,an ink transferring roller, a printing plate divided into collateralsections, a guide way along which a paper band is moved beneath theprinting plate, a reciprocating carrier for said ink spreading and inktransferring rollers, and a tappet shifting memberon said reciprocatingcarrier whereby said pawl carrier is moved relative to saidreciprocating carrier and the inking plate rotated.

8. In a machine for printing price cards, tickets, labels, tags and thelike, a stereotype printing plate divided into collateral sections, aguide way along which sections of a paper band are moved successivelyinto registration with the different sections of the stereotype plate,reservoirs with inks of different colors, a support, collateral inkreservoirs for inks of different colors, collateral horizontal springpressed plates attached and arranged beneath the said support, passagesleading from the said reservoirs to the bottom surfaces of the saidspring pressed i plates, collateral inking plates, collateralink-spreading rollers for spreading the ink that emerges from the saidpassages over the said spring pressed plates and over themselves and forconveying the ink to the said collateral inking plates, inking rollersfor transferring inks of different colors from the inking plates to thedifferent sections of the stereotype plate, and a reciprocating carrierfor reciprocating all of the said rollers in directions at right anglesto the direction of movement of the said paper band.

I. In a machine for printing price tickets, labels, cards and the like,a stereotype printing plate, a guide way along which a paper band ismoved beneath the printing plate, an ink reservoir, a support, ahorizontal spring pressed ink-spreading plate depending from the saidsupport, a passage leading from the said reservoir to the bottom surfaceof the spring pressed plate, rollers for spreading the ink that emergesfrom the said passage over the spring pressed plate and for transferringit to the printing plate, and a reciprocating carrier for reciprocatingthe said rollers in directions at right angles to the direction ofmovement of the said paper band.

5. In a machine for printing price tickets, labels, cards and the like,a stereotype printing plate, a guide way along which a paper band ismoved beneath the printing plate, an ink reservoir, a support, ahorizontal ink-spreading plate depending from the said support, springslocated at the ends of the ink-spreading plates and adapted to pressthese ends downward, a passage leading from the said reservoir to thebottom surface of the ink-spreading plate, rollers for spreading the inkthat emerges from the said passage over the ink-spreading plate, and fortransferring it to the printing plate, and a reciprocating carrier forreciprocating the said rollers in directions at right angles to thedirection of movement of the said paper band.

6. In a machine for printing price tickets, labels, cards and the like,a stereotype printing late, a guide way along which a paper ban is movedbeneath the printing plate, an ink reservoir, a support, a horizontalspring pressed ink-spreading plate depend ing from the said support, a.passage leading from the said reservoir to the bottom surface of thespring pressed plate, an inking plate, an ink-spreading roller forspreading the ink that emerges from the said passage over the springpressed plate and over itself and for conveying the ink to the saidinking plate, an inking roller for transferring the ink from the inkingplate to the printing plate, and a reciprocating carrier forreciprocating the said rollers in a direction at right angles to thedirection of movement of the said paper band.

7. In a machine for printing price tickets, labels, cards and the like,a stereotype printing plate, a guide way along which a paper band ismoved beneath the printing plate, an ink reservoir, a support, ahorizontal inkspreading plate depending from the said support, a passageleading from the said reservoir to the bottom surface of the springplate, an inking plate, an ink-spreading roller for spreading the inkthat emerges from the said passage over the ink-spreading plate and overitself and for conveying the ink to the said inking plate, an inkingroller for transferring the ink from the inking roller to the printingplate, a reciprocating carrier for reciprocating the saidrollers in adirection at right angles to the direction of movement of the said paperband, and a ratchet and pawl mechanism for rotating the inking plate.

8. In a machine for printing price tickets, labels, cards and the like,a stereotype printing plate, a guide way along which a paper band ismoved beneath the printing plate, an ink reservoir, asupport, ahorizontal spring pressed ink-spreading plate depending from the saidsupport, a passage leading from the said reservoir to the bottom surfaceof the spring pressed plate, an inking plate, an

ink-spreading roller for spreading the ink that emerges from the saidpassage over the spring pressed plate and over itself and for conveyingthe ink to the said inking plate, an inking roller for transferring theink from the inking roller to the printing plate, a reciprocatingcarrier for reciprocating the said rollers in a direction at rightangles to the direction of movement of the said paper band, a ratchetwheel associated with the inking plate, a pawl adapted to engage withthe ratchet wheel, a pawl carrier adapted to reciprocate transversely tothe said reciprocating roller carrier, at tappet on the pawl carrier,and a tappet shifting member associated with the roller carrier.

9. In a machine for printing price tickets, labels,cards and the like,astereotype printing plate, a guide way paper track along which a paperband is moved beneath the printing plate, an ink reservoir, a support, ahorizontal ink-spreading plate depending from the said support, anink-container of small capacity extending across the ink-spreadingplate, a passage leading from the ink-reser voir to the ink-container, atransverse slot in the ink-spreading plate for conducting ink from thesaid container to the bottom surface of the said plate, rollers forspreading the ink that emerges from the said passage over theink-spreading plate and for transferring it to the printing plate, and areciprocating carrier for reciprocating the said rollers in directionsat right angles to the direction of movement of the said paper band.

10. In a machine for printing price tickets, labels, cards and the like,a stereotype printing plate, a guide way along which a paper band ismoved beneath the printing plate, an ink reservoir, a support, ahorizontal inkspreading plate depending from the said support, anink-container of small capacity of triangular cross section extendingacross the ink-spreading plate, a passage leading from the ink-reservoirto the ink-container, a transverse slot in the ink-spreading plate forconducting ink from the said container to the bottom of the said plate,rollers for spreading the ink that emerges from the said passage overthe ink-spreading plate and for transferring it to the printing plate,and a reciprocating carrier for reciprocating the said rollers indirections at right angles to the direction of movement of the saidpaper band.

11. In a machine for printing price tickets, labels, cards and the like,a stereotype printing plate, a guide Way along which a paper band ismoved beneath the printing plate, an ink reservoir, a support, ahorizontal ink-spreading plate depending from the said support, atransverse groove of rectangular cross-section in the bottom of the saidink-spreading plate, a bevelled strip ar ranged with its sloping surfaceuppermost in the said groove so as to form an ink-container of smallcapacity, extending across the ink-spreading plate, a passage leadingfrom the ink-reservoir to the ink-container, a transverse slot in theink-spreading plate for conducting ink from the said container to thebottom of the said plate, rollers for spreading the ink that emergesfrom the said passage over the ink-spreading plate and for transferringit to the printing plate, and a reciprocating carrier for reciprocatingthe said rollers in directions at right angles to the direction ofmovement of the said paper band.

12. In a machine for printing price cards, tickets, labels, tags and thelike, a stereotype printing plate divided into collateral sections, aguide way along which sections of a paper band are moved successivelyinto registration with the different sections of the stereotype plate,reservoirs with inks of different colors, a support, collateralhorizontal plates depending from the said support, collateralink-containers of small capacity ex tending across the ink-spreadingplates, passages leading from the ink reservoirs to the ink-containers,transverse slots in the inkspreading plates for conducting ink from thesaid containers to the bottom surfaces of the said plates, collateralrollers for spreading the inks that emerge from the said passages overthe plates and for transferring them to the sections of the printingplate, and a reciprocating carrier for reciprocating the said rollers indirections at right angles to the direction of movement of the saidpaper band.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo witnesses.

HERMANN DEU'ISCH. Witnesses:

SIGMUND PALAMONY, GRANDE NAIMANN.

Certificate of Correction.

It is herebycertified that in Letters Patent No. 1,493,810, granted May13, 1924:, upon the application of Hermann Deutsch, ofGnoss-Lichterfelde, Germany, for an improvement in Machines for PrintingPrice Cards, Tickets, Labels, Tags, and the Like, an error appears inthe printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 4i, line77, clainrlQ, before the Word plates insert the compound Wordink-spreading; and that the said Letters Patent should be read With thiscorrection therein that the same may conform to the record of the casein the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 15th day of July, A. D. 1924.

[SEAL] THOMAS E. ROBERTSON,

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